Arizona junior center Dusan Ristic’s role at the beginning of the season until now has been simple: just be an anchor in the middle, play defense and get rebounds.
Essentially, Ristic was supposed to be another glue and make up for the absence of the departed Kaleb Tarczewski, but in the starting lineup and after evaluating the Gonzaga game as well as the University of California, Irvine game Tuesday, Arizona needs him now more than ever on both sides of the ball—specifically defense with Arizona's lack of depth.
“There are only seven scholarship players, and that is pretty much the rotation,” Ristic said.